Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions
shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different
meaning:
ADULT USE
Any commercial or recreational establishment which at all
times excludes minors by virtue of age, including adult bookstores,
adult motion-picture theaters, adult mini-motion-picture theaters,
adult drive-in theaters, adult massage parlors, adult modeling studios,
eating and drinking places with sexually oriented entertainment, and
tattoo shops and body piercing establishments, which must be regulated
in accordance within the Tattoo and Body Piercing Establishment Registration
Act, 410 ILCS 54/1 et seq., and the Illinois Department of Public
Health's associated administrative regulations codified at 77 III.
Adm. Code 797, excluding those services traditionally provided within
a permitted beauty salon to include microblading techniques and permanent
ink application such as permanent ink application to the lips, scalp,
eyelids, eyebrows, and mastectomy recovery applications. The aforementioned
exclusion for permanent ink application does not apply to traditional
body art tattooing services. "Adult use" does not include recreational
cannabis businesses or medical cannabis dispensaries.
[Amended 9-25-2019 by Ord. No. 19-29; 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-46; 12-14-2022 by Ord. No. 22-27]
AGRIBUSINESS COMMERCIAL USES
Include, but are not limited to, tractor and implement sales
and service; farm building sales; storage and service of agriculturally
oriented products; and related types of businesses as approved by
the Planning Commission.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
AGRICULTURE
The use of land for farming, dairying, pasturage, agriculture,
horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, animal and poultry husbandry,
and the necessary accessory uses for packing, treating, and storing
the produce, but not including the commercial feeding of garbage or
offal to swine or other animals; provided that the operation of accessory
uses shall be secondary to that of normal agricultural activities.
Unless such uses are specifically enumerated, "agriculture" does not
include recreational cannabis businesses or medical cannabis dispensaries.
[Amended 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-46]
AIRPORT
Any public or private land area or other facility designed
for the landing and take-off of aircraft, including all taxiways,
hangars, airport buildings, and other related structures and open
spaces.
ALLEY
A public or private right-of-way not constituting a street
used primarily for secondary vehicular access to property abutting
on a street.
AMUSEMENT ESTABLISHMENTS, INDOOR
An establishment providing recreation activities in a completely
enclosed building; accessory uses may include the preparation and
service of food or the sale of equipment related to the activities.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
ANIMAL HOSPITAL
A building or portion thereof designed or used for the care,
observation, and medical treatment of animals commonly used as household
pets, including overnight stays.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
ANTENNA HEIGHT
The height of an antenna measured from the ground level at
the lowest grade level within three feet of any part of the antenna.
ATTACHED
All exterior walls must be supported on a continuous concrete
or masonry foundation with the dwelling, and have a connected roof;
walls shall have a minimum of eight feet.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
AUTOMOBILE BODY SHOP
A business establishment where collision service such as
body, frame, or fender straightening or repair, painting of more than
10% of the surface, or upholstering for motor vehicles, trailers,
or boats is conducted wholly within one or more enclosed buildings.
AUTOMOBILE LAUNDRY
A permanent commercial facility where motor vehicles are
washed by hand, by mechanical devices, or both, excluding temporary
car washes organized for civic or charitable purposes.
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION
A facility or premises primarily used for retail sale of
fuels or oils for automobiles, trucks, or boats and which may include
as a secondary activity retail sale of tires, batteries, and similar
accessories and the making of repairs to vehicles or parts thereof
that do not normally require storing such vehicles on the premises
overnight. Automobile repair shops include transmission shops, muffler
shops, brake shops, rust-proofing shops, auto glass shops, and the
like.
AWNING
A roof-like cover projecting on a temporary or noncontinuous
basis from the wall of the building.
BED-AND-BREAKFAST
A small lodging establishment that offers overnight accommodations
and breakfast, but usually does not offer other meals. Generally,
bed-and-breakfasts are private homes with fewer than 10 bedrooms available
for commercial use.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
BEDROOM
Any private room in a dwelling unit suitable for regular
use for sleeping purposes. Bedrooms include rooms designated on development
floor plans as dens, studies, or libraries but exclude living rooms,
family rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, bathrooms, laundry rooms, and
mud rooms. Any room designated as other than a bedroom but which in
the judgment of the Village Board would normally be usable for sleeping
purposes shall be considered a bedroom.
BLOCK
A tract of land, whether legally so described or subdivided,
bounded by streets or by a combination of one or more streets and
public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, bulkhead lines or
shorelines of waterways, or corporate boundary lines.
BUILDING
Any structure permanently affixed to the land and constructed
or used for the shelter, enclosure, or protection of persons, animals,
or property.
BUILDING, COMPLETELY ENCLOSED
A building separated on all sides from the adjacent open
space or from other buildings or structures by a permanent roof and
by exterior walls having only windows and normal entrance or exit
doors, or by party walls.
BUILDING FRONTAGE
The linear length of the front wall of a building, excluding
walls that abut loading areas and service drives exclusively.
BUILDING HEIGHT
The vertical distance measured from the mean average ground
level at the front building line of a principal or accessory building
to the highest point of the underside of the ceiling beams in the
case of a flat roof, to the deck line of a mansard roof, or to the
mean level of the underside of rafters between the eaves and the ridge
of a gable, hip, or gambrel roof. Chimneys, spires, towers, elevator
penthouses, tanks, and similar projections other than signs shall
not be included in calculating building height.
BUILDING LINE
The line parallel or nearly parallel to a lot line that separates
all parts of a building from the open space adjacent thereto on the
same lot.
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL
A nonaccessory building in which is conducted the principal
use of the lot on which it is located.
BUILDING, TEMPORARY
A building that is established for a period of less than
one year and is removed within that time period.
BUSINESS PARK
A special or exclusive type of planned business area designed
and equipped to accommodate a community of manufacturing, showroom,
warehousing, research, or similar industrial uses together with substantial
office development related thereto.
CAFE
See "restaurant."
[Added 3-10-2021 by Ord. No. 21-07]
CANNABIS
As defined in Section 1-10 of the Cannabis Regulation and
Tax Act.
[Added 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-46]
CANNABIS BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT
A recreational cannabis business establishment, as defined
herein, and a medical cannabis dispensary, as defined herein.
[Added 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-46]
CANNABIS BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT, RECREATIONAL
A "cannabis business establishment," "infuser organization"
or "infuser," as defined in Section 1-10 of the Cannabis Regulation
and Tax Act, as amended from time to time, and such other cannabis business establishments authorized
under that Act. "Cannabis business establishment, recreational" shall
alternately be referred to in this chapter as "recreational cannabis
business establishment," which terms shall be interchangeable and
have the same meaning.
[Added 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-46]
CANNABIS CRAFT GROWER
A "craft grower," as defined in Section 1-10 of the Cannabis
Regulation and Tax Act, as amended.
[Added 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-46]
CANNABIS CULTIVATION CENTER
A "cultivation center," as defined in Section 1-10 of the
Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, as amended, or as defined in Section 1-10 of the Compassionate Use
of Medical Cannabis Program Act, 410 ILCS 130/10, as amended.
[Added 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-46]
CANNABIS DISPENSARY, MEDICAL
A facility operated by a registered "medical cannabis dispensing
organization," or "dispensing organization," or "dispensary organization,"
as defined in Section 1-10 of the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
Program Act, 410 ILCS 130/10, as amended, that has not obtained an
early approval adult use dispensing organization license. "Cannabis
dispensary, medical" shall alternately be referred to in this chapter
as "medical cannabis dispensary," which terms shall be interchangeable
and have the same meaning.
[Added 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-46]
CANNABIS DISPENSARY, RECREATIONAL
A facility operated by a "dispensing organization," as defined
in Section 1-10 of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, as amended, or a ''registered medical cannabis organization," as defined
in the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act or
its successor Act that has obtained an early approval adult use dispensing
organization license. "Cannabis dispensary, recreational" shall alternately
be referred to in this chapter as "recreational cannabis dispensary,"
which terms shall be interchangeable and have the same meaning.
[Added 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-46]
CANNABIS INFUSER
An "infuser organization" or "infuser," as defined in Section
1-10 of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, as amended.
[Added 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-46]
CANNABIS ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION ESTABLISHMENT
A cannabis business establishment or medical cannabis dispensary
or other entity that is authorized or permitted to allow the on-premises
consumption of cannabis.
[Added 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-46]
CANNABIS PROCESSOR
A "processing organization" or "processor," as defined in
Section 1-10 of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, as amended.
[Added 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-46]
CANNABIS TRANSPORTER
A "transporting organization" or "transporter," as defined
in Section 1-10 of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, as amended.
[Added 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-46]
CANOPY
A roof-like structure that projects permanently and continuously
from the exterior wall of a building or from a freestanding support.
CARGO CONTAINER
An enclosed, reusable vessel (with doors for loading and
unloading), designed without and axle or wheels, which was originally
designed for or used in the packing, shipping, movement or transportation
of freight, articles, goods, or commodities, and/or designed for or
capable of being mounted or moved by trains, trucks, ships and other
modes of transportation.
[Amended 3-10-2021 by Ord. No. 21-07]
CARPORT
A permanent, roofed structure, open on at least two sides,
designed or used for the storage and shelter of motor vehicles. See
also "portable garage."
[Amended 3-10-2021 by Ord. No. 21-07]
CLINIC
A place for the care, diagnosis, and treatment of persons
needing medical, dental, or surgical attention but where in-patient
care is not provided. "Clinic" does not include recreational cannabis
businesses or medical cannabis dispensaries.
[Amended 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-46]
CLUB, HEALTH
Any establishment providing physical culture or health services,
including fitness clubs, racquetball or tennis clubs, reducing salons,
tanning salons, or massage salons. "Club, health" does not include
recreational cannabis businesses or medical cannabis dispensaries.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16; 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-46]
CLUB OR LODGE, PRIVATE
A nonprofit association of persons who are bona fide members
paying dues which owns or leases premises the use of which is restricted
to members and their guests.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The officially adopted plan for the physical development,
conservation, and redevelopment of the Village.
CONSTRUCTION BUILDING OR TRAILER
A temporary building or trailer for construction purposes
for a period of construction and not to be maintained as living quarters.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
COURT
Any open space other than a yard bounded on two or more sides
by the walls of one or more buildings.
COURT, INNER
A court bounded on more than three sides by the walls of
one or more buildings.
CREMATORIUM
A mortuary where corpses are cremated.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
CURB LEVEL
The height of the established street curb abutting a street
line measured at the midpoint of such line. Where no curb has been
established, the curb level shall be considered to be the established
level of the surface of the street abutting the street line measured
along the street center line opposite the midpoint of the street line.
On lots abutting more than one street line, the average of the measurements
at the midpoints of all street lines shall determine the curb level.
DAY-CARE CENTER, CHILD
A facility that receives more than eight children during
any twenty-four-hour period for daytime care and that provides personal
care, protection, supervision, training, and other programs. Child
day-care centers exclude:
(1)
Kindergartens and other programs run by public or private schools
or churches;
(2)
Centers conducted on federal, state, or local government premises;
(3)
Facilities operated in connection with a shopping center or
other facilities where children are cared for while their parents
or custodians are in the vicinity and readily available; and
(4)
Special activities conducted periodically by civic, charitable,
and government organizations.
DECIBEL
A unit of measurement of the intensity or loudness of sound.
DENSITY
The number of dwelling units per acre of land.
(1)
GROSS DENSITYThe number of units per acre of the total land to be developed.
(2)
NET DENSITYThe number of units per acre of land devoted to residential use.
DOG POUND
See "pound."
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
DOG RUN, ENCLOSED
An outdoor area enclosed on all sides by a fence for the
exclusive purpose of continuous or occasional confinement of one or
more animals commonly kept as household pets.
DRIP LINE
The perimeter formed by the points furthest away from the
trunk of a tree where precipitation falling from the branches of that
tree lands on the ground.
DRIVE-IN ESTABLISHMENT
An establishment at which patrons may be served without leaving
their motor vehicle. Any restaurant, bank, dry-cleaning establishment,
or other business having drive-up or curb service facilities shall
be considered a drive-in establishment.
DRY CLEANER STORE
A retail store which receives materials such as clothes or
window drapes from clients to be processed off-site and returned for
a fee; chemical solvents other than water shall not be utilized within
the location.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
DWELLING
Any building or portion thereof used, intended, or designed
to be built, used, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied,
or that is occupied for living purposes, such as a building or portion
thereof designed or used as a residence, but excluding boarding- or
lodging houses, nursing homes, motels, hotels, tourist homes, cabins,
tents, and recreational vehicles.
[Amended 12-13-2017 by Ord. No. 17-38]
DWELLING SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED
A single-family dwelling horizontally attached to one or
more other single-family dwellings by one or more common vertical
walls.
[Amended 12-13-2017 by Ord. No. 17-38]
DWELLING, TOWNHOUSE
Please refer for this definition to the Residential Design Guidelines as required within §
155-66.
[Amended 12-13-2017 by Ord. No. 17-38]
DWELLING UNIT
One or more rooms in a residential structure providing complete
independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent
provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
[Amended 12-13-2017 by Ord. No. 17-38]
EASEMENT
A right possessed by one party to use the land or air above
the land belonging to another party for a special purpose or purposes.
EFFICIENCY UNIT
A dwelling unit consisting of just one principal room together
with bathroom, kitchen, hallways, closets, or a dining alcove, and
which does not include a bedroom, as defined in this section.
ERECT
To build, construct, locate, hang, attach, manually place,
suspend, or affix, including the initial painting of all signs.
FAMILY
One or more persons, related by blood, adoption or marriage,
living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit, or a number
of persons living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit
though not related by blood, adoption or marriage.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
FENCE HEIGHT
The height of a fence, hedge, or wall measured from the ground
level at the lowest grade level within three feet of either side thereof.
FENCE, OPEN
A fence, including entrance and exit gates, designed and
constructed so that the surface area of any segment of such fence
contains at least 70% open spaces and 30% or less solid materials.
FENCE, ORNAMENTAL
An open fence, other than a chain-link fence, that is erected
for decorative purposes only and is not intended to be used, either
by itself or together with wire or other material, as an enclosure,
barrier, or means of protection or confinement.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
Includes banks, savings and loan associations, commercial
and real estate loan offices, finance companies and credit unions.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
FLOOD FRINGE
That portion of a floodplain that excludes the floodway.
FLOODPLAIN
The land consisting of the floodway and the flood fringe
that is subject to inundation by a one-hundred-year flood.
FLOODWAY
That portion of the floodplain, including the channel, that
is reasonably required to discharge the bulk of the waters from a
one-hundred-year flood.
FLOOR AREA
The sum of the gross horizontal area of space contained on
all floors measured in square feet from the exterior faces of the
exterior walls of each building, or from the center line of party
walls separating two buildings. "Floor area" includes space in accessory
buildings; all cellar, basement, and attic space; and space for stairs,
elevators, maintenance areas, and equipment areas except as provided
in the definitions herein of "floor area, gross" and "floor area,
net." For structures devoted to bulk storage of materials, every 10
feet of building height shall be considered as one floor for purposes
of calculating floor area.
FLOOR AREA, GROSS
A measure of floor area, as defined in this section, used
for purposes of calculating floor area ratio, conversions of existing
structures, and maximum size of business establishments. "Gross floor
area" is floor area excluding only:
(1)
Areas devoted to off-street parking or off-street loading, including
aisles, ramps, and maneuvering space;
(2)
Attic or half-story space having headroom of seven feet or less;
(3)
Exterior balconies and open porches;
(4)
Space on the roof used for mechanical equipment;
(5)
Basements where half or more of the ceiling height is below
grade.
FLOOR AREA, NET
A measure of floor area, as defined in this section, used
for purposes of calculating off-street parking and off-street loading
requirements. "Net floor area" is floor area excluding only:
(1)
Areas devoted to off-street parking or off-street loading, including
aisles, ramps, and maneuvering space;
(2)
Areas devoted primarily to storage and not located within selling
or working spaces, except for facilities such as warehouses where
the principal use is storage;
(3)
Basement or cellar areas not devoted to retailing activities,
offices, or production or processing of goods;
(4)
Elevator shafts and stairwells;
(5)
Maintenance shafts and rooms;
(8)
Fitting rooms.
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For ease in administration, "net floor area" may also be calculated
as 85% of gross floor area.
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FLOOR AREA RATIO
The total floor area, as defined in this section, of all
buildings on a lot divided by the area of the lot.
FREIGHT TERMINAL
A facility in which two means of transportation meet to interchange
freight or a processing node for freight. Most freight terminals are
located at ports. They may include airports, seaports, railroad terminals,
and trucking terminals. Freight is usually loaded onto and off the
transport. As most of the terminals are located at ports, one can
see many large cargo boxes around the area.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
FREQUENCY
The number of oscillations per second in a sound wave; a
measure of the pitch of the resulting sound.
GAME ROOM
Any premises where there are available to the public more
than four coin-operated amusement devices, excluding vending machines
that do not incorporate gaming or amusement features and excluding
coin-operated devices.
GARAGE
A structure or part thereof used or designed to be used primarily
for the enclosed parking or storage of motor vehicles, boats, or trailers,
but excluding exhibition areas, showrooms, or other facilities for
display of such vehicles in shows or exhibits or in connection with
their being offered for sale, rent, or lease.
GARAGE, PUBLIC
Any building or premises, other than a wrecking yard, as
defined in this section, where more than one motor vehicle is stored
for compensation.
GARAGE, STORAGE
A building or premises used only for the housing of motor
vehicles pursuant to previous arrangements and not by transients,
and where no equipment or parts are sold and vehicles are not rebuilt,
serviced, repaired, hired, or sold, except that fuel, grease, or oil
may be dispensed within the building to vehicles stored therein.
GRADE
The average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent
to the exterior walls of a building or directly beneath a sign, more
than five feet from a street line. For structures closer than five
feet to a street line, the grade is the sidewalk elevation at the
center of the building. Where there is no sidewalk, the grade shall
be established by the Village Engineer.
GROSS BUILDABLE AREA
The total acreage of the property minus the following:
(1)
Wetlands. Only those wetlands which fall under current regulations
by the Army Corps of Engineers shall be considered in this calculation.
(2)
Floodways. All of the floodway shown on the official FEMA maps
or as approved by the Army Corps of Engineers. Where a defined floodway
is not known, an area 75 feet on both sides of a creek or river center
line shall be used for this calculation until additional engineering
studies detail the actual floodway.
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(3)
Land within the right-of-way or easement of an existing roadway.
(4)
Land within an existing permanent easement prohibiting development
(including electrical transmission lines and pipelines).
(5)
Land identified in the Comprehensive Plan for exclusive business
use such as commercial or industrial areas.
GROSS DENSITY
For any particular property shall be calculated by dividing
the number of dwelling units by the number of acres of gross buildable
area for said property.
GROSS LEASABLE AREA (GLA)
The total floor area in a commercial building or shopping
center that is designed for the occupancy and exclusive use of tenants,
measured from outside wall faces and from the center line of joint
partitions. GLA includes sales areas and integral stock areas but
excludes public or common areas such as public toilets, corridors,
stairwells, elevators, machine and equipment rooms, lobbies, and open
and enclosed mall areas.
GROUND-FLOOR AREA
The lot area covered by a building measured from the exterior
face of exterior walls but excluding open porches, patios, or terraces,
garages, or carports.
GROUP HOME
A home which usually houses chronic mental disorder or physically
disabled individuals, with conditions that prevent them from living
independently. A group home can refer to a family home in which children
and youth of the foster care system live or an assisted-living facility,
for persons who are not protected under the Americans with Disabilities
Act. A group home does not refer to a halfway house for recovering
addicts or convicted criminals.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
HEALTH CLUB
An establishment, usually a commercial establishment, having
members who pay a fee to use its health and fitness facilities and
equipment.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
HEDGE
Planted vegetation, including trees, shrubs, or other natural
vegetation, that is planted in close proximity or clustered together
and that has a surface area that obstructs the view.
HOME OCCUPATION
A gainful pursuit conducted by one or more members of a family within their place of residence and that is subject to the provisions herein concerning home occupations. See §
156-80, Home occupations, for more details.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
HOSPITAL
An establishment that provides accommodations, facilities,
and services over a continuous period of 24 hours or more for observation,
diagnosis, and care of two or more individuals not related by blood,
marriage, or adoption to the operator, who are suffering from illness,
injury, deformity, or abnormality, or from any condition requiring
obstetrical, medical, or surgical services.
HOTEL
A building containing lodging rooms, a general kitchen and
dining room, a common entrance lobby, halls and stairways; and where
each lodging room does not have a doorway opening directly to the
outdoors except for emergencies; and where more than 50% of the lodging
rooms are for rent to transient guests for a continuous period of
less than 30 days.
HOTEL, APARTMENT
An establishment having the character of a hotel but in which
at least 50% of the accommodations are for occupancy by guests staying
30 consecutive days or more.
INDUSTRY, HEAVY USES
Those industrial uses characterized by production of products
which are either heavy in weight or in the processes leading to their
production. Projects include the construction of large buildings,
chemical plants and also the production of construction equipment
such as cranes and bulldozers. Alternatively, heavy industry projects
can be generalized as more capital-intensive or as requiring greater
or more advanced resources, facilities or management. The term "heavy"
refers to the fact that the items produced by heavy industry used
to be products such as iron, coal, oil, ships, etc. Today, the reference
also refers to industries that cause disruption to the environment
in the form of pollution, deforestation, etc. Unless such uses are
specifically enumerated, "industry, heavy uses" does not include recreational
cannabis businesses or medical cannabis dispensaries.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16; amended 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-46]
INDUSTRY, LIGHT USES
Those industrial uses characterized as lower in intensity,
cleaner, and generally more compatible when located adjacent to commercial
areas than are heavy manufacturing uses. This restrictive use is intended
to permit only those light industrial and other uses that will not
generate excessive noise, particulate matter, vibration, smoke, dust,
gas, fumes, odors, radiation and other nuisance characteristics. Properties
with this use shall be capable of operation in such a manner as to
control the external effects of the manufacturing process, such as
odors, vibrations, emissions, or other nuisance characteristics through
prevention or mitigation devices and conduct of operations within
the confines of buildings. Unless such uses are specifically enumerated,
"industry, light uses" does not include recreational cannabis businesses
or medical cannabis dispensaries.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16; amended 12-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-46]
INSTITUTION, EDUCATIONAL
A public, commercial or private school, college, university,
seminary, museum, library, or similar educational or cultural establishment.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
INSTITUTION, RECREATIONAL
A public or private facility for group recreational or social
activity, including private clubs, lodges, recreation buildings, and
community centers.
INSTITUTION, RELIGIOUS
A church, synagogue, temple, convent, seminary, monastery,
or other premises devoted to religious or church-connected activities.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
JUNKYARD
An open area where waste or used or secondhand materials
are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled,
or handled, including scrap iron and other metals, paper, rags, rubber
tires, and bottles. Uses carried on entirely within enclosed buildings
and establishments engaged only in the processing of scrap metal to
be sold for the manufacture of steel are not considered junkyards.
KENNEL
Any lot or premises, business or dwelling used for the sale,
breeding, training, boarding, or keeping of dogs, cats or household
pets. "Kennel" shall also mean the keeping, as pets or otherwise,
totaling no more than four dogs or cats over the age of four months.
As used herein, "breeding" shall include, but not be limited to, having
two or more litters of any one species of animal during a one-year
period (excludes agricultural zoned areas).
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
KIOSK
A single freestanding small booth open on some or all sides,
offering goods and services, with not more than 50 square feet of
floor area, on the same lot as all or a portion of a shopping center,
and used for any permitted or conditional use in its district.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
LAUNDRIES
Does not include dry cleaning.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
LAUNDROMAT
A commercial establishment where clothes can be washed and
dried, using coin-operated machines.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES
See "industrial, light uses."
[Added 9-27-2010 by Ord. No. 10-34; amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
LINE, STREET
The dividing line between a lot, tract, or parcel of land
and the right-of-way of a contiguous existing or dedicated street
or planned street included in the major street plan of the Village.
LOADING SPACE, OFF-STREET
A completely off-street space or berth located on the same
lot, except as otherwise permitted herein, for the loading or unloading
of freight carriers, having adequate ingress to and egress from a
public street or alley.
LODGING ROOM
A room rented as sleeping or living quarters, but without
cooking facilities and with or without an individual bathroom. In
the case of a suite of rooms, each room shall be counted as one lodging
room.
LOT
A parcel of land under the same ownership or control (whether
legally so described or subdivided as one or more contiguous parcels
or parts of parcels) located within a single block, occupied by or
suitable for occupancy by one principal building, and having its principal
frontage upon a dedicated public street.
LOT AREA
The area of a lot within its front, rear, and side lot lines.
LOT, CORNER
A lot located at the intersection of two or more streets,
or a lot located at the point where the alignment of a single street
curves or changes; provided that an interior angle of not more than
135 feet is created by the right-of-way lines of the abutting street
or streets or, in the case of a curving right-of-way, by straight
lines projected tangent to the curve from the points of intersection
between the curve and the lot lines.
LOT DEPTH
The mean average of the lengths of the side lot lines on
either side of a lot.
LOT LINE
A property boundary line of any lot, except that where any
portion of a lot extends into an abutting street or alley the lot
line shall be deemed to be established at the existing street or alley
right-of-way line.
LOT LINE, FRONT
(1)
The only street line bordering a lot;
(2)
Otherwise, if the lot is a through lot, every street line; or
(3)
Otherwise, if the lot is a corner lot:
(a)
The shortest street line;
(b)
Otherwise, if more than one street line is the shortest:
[1]
The lot line designated as the front lot line on a plat of dedication
or plat of subdivision.
[2]
Otherwise, the lot line designated as the front lot line by
the Village Board.
LOT LINE, REAR
That lot line which is most distant from and is, or is approximately,
parallel to the front lot line. If the rear lot line is less than
10 feet in length, or if the lot forms a point at the rear, the rear
lot line shall be deemed to be a line 10 feet in length within the
lot, parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line.
LOT OF RECORD
A lot that is part of a subdivision, the plat of which was
recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Deeds, or a parcel
of land the deed to which was recorded in the office of the Recorder,
prior to the adoption of this chapter.
LOT, REVERSED FRONTAGE
A lot with a front lot line at right angles or approximately
right angles to the general pattern of front lot lines in the block.
LOT, THROUGH
An interior lot with frontage on more than one street.
LOT WIDTH
The width of a lot at the setback line established by the
applicable front yard requirements of this chapter.
MENTAL HEALTH CENTER
Any institution providing in-patient or out-patient care
or therapy for the mentally ill, developmentally disabled, alcoholics,
abusers of controlled substances, or others needing psychological
therapy but which does not serve as a residence for such individuals.
MINI-WAREHOUSE
A building or group of buildings consisting of individual,
small, self-contained units that are leased or owned for the storage
of household goods, business and contractors supplies, where no unit
exceeds 600 square feet in floor area.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
MOBILE HOME
A detached single-family dwelling unit designed and used
exclusively for residential occupancy with plumbing and electrical
connections for attachment to outside systems but designed to be transported
after fabrication on its own wheels or on flatbed trailers and to
be ready for occupancy at its site except for minor and incidental
unpacking, assembly, and connection operations.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any lot or tract of land, other than a mobile home subdivision
or mobile home sales or storage lot, upon which three or more mobile
homes, trailers or recreational vehicles used for habitation are located.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
MOBILE HOME SUBDIVISION
A subdivision designed and intended for residential use exclusively
by mobile homes on permanent foundations with wheels, tongue, lug
bolts, and hitch permanently removed and wherein each lot occupied
by a mobile home is owned by the owner of the mobile home situated
thereupon.
MORTUARY
An undertaking establishment or funeral parlor which may
include a single residence as an accessory use.
MOTEL
A building containing lodging rooms, each of which has an
individual adjoining bathroom that is designed primarily for transient
automobile travelers with a parking space on the lot for each lodging
unit and where more than 50% of the lodging rooms are for rent for
a continuous period of less than 30 days.
MOTOR FREIGHT TERMINAL
A building or premises the principal use of which is the
receipt of freight for forwarding or trans-shipment or the dispatching
of freight by motor vehicle.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed primarily for
transportation of persons or goods along public streets.; does not
include vehicles as defined in "vehicle, commercial."
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
NET DENSITY
For any particular property shall be calculated by dividing
the number of dwelling units by the number of acres of residential
lots for said property.
NONCONFORMITY
Any characteristic of a use, building, structure, or lot that was lawful prior to the effective date of this chapter or of any amendment thereto but which does not conform to all of the requirements of the zoning district in which the property is situated. Nonconformities include activity nonconformities, design nonconformities and standards nonconformities as set forth in §
156-291 of this chapter.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
NURSING HOME
An establishment providing full-time convalescent or chronic
care or both for three or more individuals not related by blood, adoption,
or marriage to the operator and which does not provide care for surgical
or medical cases commonly treated in hospitals.
OBSTRUCTION
Any building, structure, or object, or part thereof, located
in the way of any yard or open space required by this chapter, excluding
trees and shrubs.
OCTAVE BAND
All the frequencies between a given frequency and double
that frequency.
OCTAVE BAND FILTER
An electrical frequency analyzer designed according to standards
formulated by the American Standards Association and used in conjunction
with a sound-level meter to take measurements in specific octave intervals.
ODOR THRESHOLD VALUE
The minimum concentration of odorous material in air that
can be detected by the normal human nose as determined by the American
Society for Testing and Materials Method D1 391-57, Standard Method
for Measurement of Odor in Atmospheres (Dilution Method), or its equivalent.
OPEN SALES LOT
Open land that is used or occupied for the purpose of buying
and selling merchandise, passenger cars, trucks, motor scooters, motorcycles,
boats, nursery plants or supplies, or monuments, or for the storing
of same prior to sale thereupon, and that is provided with a permanent,
durable, and dustless surface and is drained to dispose of all surface
water.
OPEN SPACE
Uncovered area open to the sky on the same lot with a building.
OPEN SPACE, COMMON
Net site area in a planned unit development that is not covered
by buildings or pavement that is permanently set aside for the common
use and enjoyment of the residents or businesses within a development
or for the community at large and the preservation and perpetual maintenance
of which is assured by dedication to the Village or other satisfactory
legal arrangement. Common open space may include parks, playgrounds,
and tot lots; parkway medians; landscaped green space; natural lakes,
ponds, and streams; and 75% of dry and 50% of wet stormwater retention
or detention basins. Common open space shall not include street rights-of-way
or off-street parking or loading areas.
PARKING SPACE DEPTH
The longer of the two dimensions of a rectangular parking
space. In the case of a space that is not rectangular, the depth shall
be the length of the largest imaginary rectangle that can fit within
the space.
PARKING SPACE, OFF-STREET
An area outside of any public street or alley right-of-way
that is adequate for parking an automobile with room for opening doors
on both sides together with maneuvering room and properly related
access to a public street or alley.
PARTICULATE MATTER
Material, other than steam or water vapor, suspended in or
discharged into the atmosphere in finely divided form as a liquid
or solid at atmospheric pressure and temperature.
PARTY WALL
A wall starting from the foundation and extending continuously
through all stories to or above the roof that separates one building
from another and that is in joint use by each building.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
A criterion to control noise, odor, smoke, toxic or noxious
matter, vibration, fire and explosive hazards, glare, heat, or other
effects generated by or inherent in uses of land or buildings.
PERMIT, CONDITIONAL USE
A permit required for the use of land, water, or building
as a conditional use received only after approval by the Village Board
of an application for a conditional use.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
A tract of land of two acres or more initially under the
same ownership or control that is or shall be developed with more
than two principal use buildings as an integral unit based on a plan
that allows for more flexible standards than would normally apply
in order to provide a higher quality of design and amenity than would
otherwise be possible.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
PLAT OF SURVEY, CURRENT
A plat prepared by a licensed surveyor containing the legal
description of the premises thereon and showing all of the following
as all of the following exist as of the date of filing:
(1)
The boundary lines of the property;
(2)
The locations of all improvements and monuments thereupon;
(4)
The boundaries of all existing streets, easements, rights-of-way,
and areas dedicated to public use within 200 feet of the property.
PORTABLE GARAGE
This structure is designed to be temporary in nature and
does not have a foundation. Such structures are typically covered
in fabric, vinyl, plastic or other similar materials and must be kept
in serviceable fashion; any covering must be immediately replaced
with the same original material should it become tattered or torn.
[Added 3-10-2021 by Ord. No. 21-07]
PORTABLE ON-DEMAND STORAGE UNITS
Any temporary, transportable, movable container, which is
delivered to and placed outdoors on private property for temporary
storage purposes. Portable on-demand storage units do not include:
[Added 3-10-2021 by Ord. No. 21-07]
(2)
A temporary construction trailer.
POUND
A facility that houses and disposes of homeless, lost, unlicensed
or abandoned animals; mostly dogs and cats. Such shelters were more
commonly referred to as a "dog pound." In agricultural communities,
stray cattle are penned up or impounded until claimed by their owners.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
PREMISES
Any improved or unimproved property.
PROJECTING SIGN
A device that provides information that hangs or is mounted
over the public right-of-way.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
RADIATION HAZARDS
The harmful effects of all radiations capable of producing
ions in their passage through matter, including electromagnetic radiations
such as z-rays and gamma rays and particulate radiations such as electrons
or beta particles, protons, neutrons, and alpha particles.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
A vehicular type unit primarily designed as temporary living
quarters in conjunction with recreation, camping, or travel use which
either has its own motive power or is mounted on or drawn by another
vehicle, including travel trailers, truck campers, boats on or off
trailer, motor homes, or any other vehicle with state R.V., R.T.,
or T.A. license plates.
REFUSE
All waste products resulting from human activity except sewage.
RESEARCH LABORATORY
A building or buildings housing facilities for scientific
research, investigation, testing, or experimentation but not primarily
housing facilities for the manufacture, sale, or storage of products.
RESTAURANT
An eating establishment whose primary purpose is the preparation
and sale of food and beverages in a ready-to-consume state on the
premises.
[Added 3-10-2021 by Ord. No. 21-07]
RESTAURANT, DRIVE-IN
A restaurant that is designed to permit customers to remain
in their motor vehicle while being accommodated.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
RIGHT-OF-WAY
A right-of-way dedicated to or owned by a public body and
available for use by the general public. In the case of public streets,
the right-of-way normally includes the curbs, lawn strips, and lighting
and drainage facilities.
RINGELMANN CHART
A chart described in the U.S. Bureau of Mines Circular 6888
or its successor upon which are illustrated graduated shades of grey
for use in estimating the light-obscuring capacity of smoke or its
equivalent.
RINGELMANN NUMBER
The number of the area of the Ringelmann Chart that coincides
most nearly with the light-obscuring capacity of the emission or smoke
observed.
ROOMING HOUSE
A building or part thereof that is not a hotel or motel and
that provides lodging rooms for compensation to three or more persons
who are not members of the keeper's family.
SALEYARD
An area with pens for holding animals before auction.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
SCHOOL
See "institution, educational."
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
SCREENING
A structure erected or vegetation planted to wholly or partially
conceal the area behind it.
SHED
An accessory structure built for shelter or storage with
a floor square footage greater than 25 square feet and a height greater
than six feet.
SHOPPING CENTER
A group of three or more retail or service commercial uses
characterized by any one or more of the following:
(1)
Uses are designed as a single commercial group, whether or not
located on the same lot.
(2)
Contiguous uses occupy premises that are under common ownership
or management.
(3)
Uses are connected by party walls, partitions, canopies, or
other structural members to form one continuous structure.
(4)
Uses are located in separate buildings but are interconnected
by walkways or accessways designed to facilitate customer interchange
between the uses.
(5)
Uses share a common parking area.
(6)
Uses otherwise present the appearance of a single continuous
commercial development.
SIDE YARD
See "yard, corner side" and "yard, interior side."
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
SITE AREA, NET
The acreage of land excluding the rights-of-way of streets
within and bordering a development.
SMOKE UNITS, NUMBER OF
The number obtained by multiplying the smoke density in Ringelmann
numbers by the time of emission in minutes. For the purpose of this
calculation, a Ringelmann density reading is made at least once every
minute during the period of observation, each reading is multiplied
by the time in minutes during which the emission is observed, and
the various products are summed to give the total number of smoke
units during the period of observation.
SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY OR CAMP
Any or various professional activities or methods concerned
with providing social services (such as investigatory and treatment
services or material aid) to disadvantaged, distressed, or vulnerable
persons or groups. Social service providers may serve the needs of
children and families, the poor or homeless, immigrants, veterans,
the mentally ill, the handicapped, victims of rape or domestic violence,
and persons dependent on alcohol or drugs.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
SOUND-LEVEL METER
An instrument standardized by the American Standards Association
for measurement of the intensity of sound.
SPACE, NONVEHICULAR
That portion of the uncovered space on a site that is not
normally used for the circulation or parking of motor vehicles and
that has been improved for aesthetic appeal and to serve as pedestrian
and recreational areas.
SPACE, RECREATION
That portion of the nonvehicular space on a site that is
suitable for common recreational use by virtue of its being at least
5,000 square feet in area (except where total recreation space required
is less), it having no dimension less than 50 feet, and it being improved
with facilities for recreational pursuits.
SPACE, UNCOVERED
That portion of the total horizontal net site area that is
not covered by buildings, including 1/2 of covered spaces that are
no less than 50% open such as carports or park shelters.
STORAGE UNIT
A building or group of buildings consisting of individual,
small, self-contained units that are leased or owned for the storage
of household goods, business and contractors supplies, where no unit
exceeds 600 square feet in floor area.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
STORY
That portion of a building included between the top surface
of any floor and the top surface of the floor next above or, if there
is no floor above, the ceiling next above.
STORY, HALF
A space under a sloping roof where the line of intersection
of roof decking and wall is not more than three feet above the top
floor level and in which space not more than 60% of the floor area
is completed for principal or accessory use.
STREET
A public or private right-of-way, as defined in this section,
that affords a primary means of motor vehicle access to abutting property
or provides for the movement of traffic.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION
Any change, other than incidental repairs, in the supporting
members of a building or structure such as bearing walls, columns,
beams, or girders, or any substantial change in the roof or exterior
walls.
STRUCTURE
Anything erected the use of which requires more or less permanent
location on the ground or attachment to something having such a location.
An outdoor advertising sign or business sign or other advertising
device, if detached or projecting, shall be considered a separate
structure. "Structure" shall also include buildings, mobile homes,
carports, portable garages, walls, and fences.
[Amended 3-10-2021 by Ord. No. 21-07]
STRUCTURE, TEMPORARY
A structure that is established for a period of less than
one year and is removed within that period.
SUNDRIES
Various miscellaneous items.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
TOXIC MATERIAL
Any liquid, solid, or gaseous substance which if discharged
into the environment could, along with other substances likely to
be present in the environment, cause or threaten to cause bodily injury,
illness, or death to members of the general public through ingestion,
inhalation, or absorption through any body surface. Substances that
are corrosives, irritants, strong sensitizers, or radioactive substances
shall be considered toxic material.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
TRAILER
Any portable structure or vehicle designed for highway travel
and used on a short-term or interim basis for living, sleeping, or
commercial purposes.
TRAILER PARK
See "mobile home park."
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
UNIT
See "dwelling unit."
UNIT GROUPING
A single detached building consisting of multiple dwelling
units.
USE
The purpose or activity for which land or structures thereon
are designed, arranged, or intended or for which they are occupied
or maintained.
USE, ACCESSORY
A subordinate land use located on the same lot or parcel
as a principal use (except for such off-street parking or off-street
loading facilities as may be permitted to be located on a separate
lot) and serving a purpose customarily incidental to that of the principal
use.
USE, CONDITIONAL
A special use as provided by state statute that because of
its special character cannot be allowable generally in a particular
zoning district but which may be allowed under special conditions
and which is therefore subject to the prior approval of a conditional
use permit.
USE, CONDITIONAL PUBLIC
The use of property other than as permitted public uses,
as defined in this section, by a public utility, railroad, or governmental
body for the provision of public utilities or services, including
sewerage, water supply, electricity, gas, public safety, government
administration, transportation, and communications. Conditional public
uses shall include power plants or substations; water or sewage treatment
plants, reservoirs, or pumping stations; railroad and utility buildings;
police and fire stations, municipal buildings and local government
offices; and public transportation facilities, including shelters,
garages, terminals, parking and turnaround areas, and service buildings.
USE, PERMITTED
A use allowable generally within a zoning district without
a conditional use permit.
USE, PERMITTED PUBLIC
Poles, towers, tunnels, conduits, wires, cables, vaults,
laterals, pipes, drains, mains, valves, hydrants, and similar distribution
equipment for public services or utilities; fire alarms and police
call boxes; traffic signals; and pay telephones.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
USE, PRINCIPAL
The main use of a parcel as distinct from an accessory use.
USE, TEMPORARY
A principal or accessory use that is established for a period of less than one year and is discontinued within that time period. These uses, provided within §
156-55, shall not include portable on-demand storage units.
[Amended 3-10-2021 by Ord. No. 21-07]
VARIANCE
A modification of the provisions of this chapter in accordance
with the provisions herein concerning variances in cases where strict
enforcement would cause undue hardship as a result of special circumstances
affecting an individual property that do not generally affect other
properties in the same zoning district.
VEHICLE, COMMERCIAL
A motorized vehicle other than a passenger car, passenger
van, light truck, or a recreational vehicle used by a household for
noncommercial, personal or family transportation, for recreation,
or for van pooling or ride-sharing use. A commercial vehicle includes
buses, buses used as recreational vehicles, tractors, semi-trailers,
motorized farm vehicles, and earth-moving equipment. This shall also
include any commercial trucks or vans with plates, which exceed the
allowable legal limits of Class D plate as provided within the Illinois
Vehicle Code.
[Amended 9-26-2011 by Ord. No. 11-30]
VETERINARIAN OFFICES
A building or portion thereof designed or used for the care,
observation, and medical treatment of animals commonly used as household
pets without overnight stays.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
VISION CLEARANCE TRIANGLE
A triangular area located at the at-grade intersection of
streets, railroads, driveways, or any combination thereof, formed
by the right-of-way lines (or the edge of the driveway or aisle in
the case of a driveway) between their intersection and points 30 feet
from their intersection along each line (or 10 feet in the case of
a driveway), and by a straight line connecting these two points.
WALL, FRONT
The wall of a building nearest the front lot line that is
parallel to or most nearly parallel to such line.
WHOLESALING
The sale and distribution of goods to users other than end
consumers. Wholesaling often occurs when large quantities of merchandise
are reassembled, sorted, then repackaged and distributed in smaller
lots.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
An area specially designed where it is illegal to interfere
in any way with the natural life therein. Hunting, shooting and fishing
are prohibited.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
WRECKING YARD
Any premises where there are stored in the open two or more
motor vehicles, including automobiles, trucks, and construction and
farm implements, or trailers, boats, or mobile homes, which are not
in usable condition and have not been restored to usable condition
within 30 days of their arrival, or where parts thereof are stored
in the open.
YARD
An open space on a lot other than a court that is required
to remain unoccupied and unobstructed above ground by any structure
or part or projection thereof from its lowest level to the sky, except
as otherwise permitted in this chapter. Yard requirements are as measured
horizontally, irrespective of the slope of the land.
YARD, CORNER SIDE
A yard extending between a corner side lot line and a line
drawn parallel thereto at a distance therefrom equal to that established
by the corner side yard requirements of this chapter and also extending
the full depth of the lot but excluding any area included in a front
yard.
YARD, FRONT
A yard extending the full width of a lot between the front
lot line, as defined in this section, and a line drawn parallel thereto
at a distance therefrom equal to that established by the front yard
requirements of this chapter.
YARD, INTERIOR SIDE
A yard extending between an interior side lot line and a
line drawn parallel thereto at a distance therefrom equal to that
established by the interior side yard requirements of this chapter
and also extending the full depth of the lot but excluding any area
included in a front or rear yard.
YARD, REAR
A yard extending the full width of a lot between the rear
lot line and a line drawn parallel thereto at a distance therefrom
equal to that established by the rear yard requirements of this chapter
but excluding any area included in a corner side yard.